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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 137 2 ii Solution by
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Extend each Dirichlet character periodically to all integers by setting when . Its Dirichlet L-function is initially the absolutely convergent Dirichlet seriesThe group has elements. Part (i) gives, for every integer , including nonunits,For a nonunit both sides are zero, because the fixed class is a unit. Interchanging the finite character sum and the absolutely convergent Dirichlet series therefore provesThis is Orthogonality of Dirichlet characters applied to a residue-class indicator. Any meromorphic continuations of the two sides agree by uniqueness of analytic continuation.
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